(Japan), 1750-1914

Political

Shogun military governor, ruled in retainers in turn for military rights
Emporer was only a figure, the shogun monopolized power
Sengoku "country at war" due to the power struggle of shogun and daimyo (1700)
Daimyo "great names" territorial lords, developed gunpowder weapons
Bakufu "tent government"(1700)
Russo-Japenes War (1904-1908)
Sino-Japenese War (1894-1895)
1810 held hokkaido and Kurile Islands
1879 held Okinana and Ryuko islands
Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901) Meiji-era travelers sent to study other countries contitutions
Ito Hirobumi (1841-1904) did the same as Yukichi
emperor Mushito (reigned 1852-1912) ended Japans civil war on January 3,1868
1800's-The Meiji Restoration and domestic pressure for a constitution and representative goverment
Shift from Tokugawa Bakufu to a constitutional government

Increased agricultural production resulting in population increase by 1/3 (1700)
Population control "infantcide"
Principal income from form of rice (1700)
land tax of 1873 (costed peasents 40-50 percent of their crops
1800's-Foreign pressures reversed the long-standing closed door policy and flourished into a successful commercialized society

Buddhism from China
Neo-Confucianism
Christianity
1800's-Became less and less significant with the establishment of the new government

Hierarchy: Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai on top, peasants and artisans below followed by merchants
Bushido way of warrior
Without wars to fight daimyo and samauri became administrators and government functions
1800's-Destruction of the old social order by abolishing significant military status

Chinese intellectual life in Japan
Merchant class promoted popular culture
"Floating Worlds" pleasure quarters (1750)
Books of the floating world
Kabuki theater
1800's-The created of a new constitution influenced by Wester Europe and America
Meiji travelers such as Fukuzawa Yukichi and Ito Hirobumi traveled to obtain knowledge to strengthen their own society